Peng/Lee make history to enter last eight in US Open

Janet Lee (L) from China's Taipei and Peng Shuai in the third round of US Open 2004 on September 6. Peng and Li eliminated their rivals from Tathiana Garbin from Italy and Tina Krizan from Slovenia 2-1 (4-6, 6-1, 7-6), breaking into the last eight, the first time for Chinese women tennis duo.

Olympic gold medallists meet HK press

Zhang Yining (R), gold medalist of Olympic table tennis competition, answers questions during a press conference held in Hong Kong, China, Sept. 6, 2004. The Olympic gold medalist delegation from the Chinese mainland arrived in Hong Kong on Monday morning for a three-day visit.

Guangzhou Toyota Motor Co., Ltd founded in Guangzhou

On Sept 6, Shoichiro Toyoda (R2), Toyota Motor Corporation Honorary Chairman and Governor of Guangdong Province Huang Huahua (L3) present at the founding ceremony for the Guangzhou Toyota Motor Co., Ltd, a joint venture between the Guangzhou MOtor Group and Toyota Motor Corporation with total investment of 3.121 bln yuan. The new generation of Toyota Camery is chosen as the first car to be produced. The production capacity of the company is 100,000 annualy and car will be put into production in 2006.

2nd International Forum of Female Presidents on Higher Education held in Beijing

Participants listen at the opening ceremony of the 2nd International Forum of Female Presidents on Higher Education held in Beijing Sept. 6, 2004. Female presidents of 121 universities from 20 countries and regions took part in the forum on Monday, under the theme of Communication, Cooperation and Development.

Hong Kong welcomes Olympic delegation

Fok Ying Tung (front L6), vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), Hong Kong SAR Chief Executive Tung Chee Hwa (front L7), have a photo taken with the visiting Olympic gold medallist delegation at a reception held in Hong Kong on September 6.

The west-east gas pipeline ready for use

Workers cheer as natural gas from the Lunnan station of the Tarim natural gas field in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region enters the Jingbian compression station in northwest China's Shaanxi Province at about 11:50 a.m. Sept 6, 2004. The gas entrance marked the west-east gas pipeline's readiness for actual use, and the convergence of the Tarim natural gas field with Changqing gas field, starting point of the eastern section of the 4,000-km-long pipeline project.

Fire kills five in a fur factory in Xinji, Hebei Province

Journalists work at the fire scence in a fur collar factory in Xinji, north China's Hebei Province, Sept. 6, 2004. Five people were killed by the fire occurring on Monday morning. Primary investigation by local fire fighting team and police shows that briquette could burn the production materials, causing the fire.

Israeli PM, Russian FM meet in Jerusalem

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon (L) shakes hands with visiting Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Jerusalem, Sept. 6, 2004. They discussed the need for greater international cooperation to combat terrorism.

CPPCC Chairman meets president of the Spanish Senate

Jia Qinglin (R), chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), meets with Javier Rojo, president of the Spanish Senate in Madrid, capital of Spain Sept. 6, 2004.

National mourning observed in Russia

Relatives and neighbors of killed hostages attend the funeral ceremony in the town of Beslan in the province of North Ossetia, September 6, 2004. Flags flew at half-mast across Russia at the start of national mourning for 338 people killed when Chechen rebels seized a school.(Reuters Photo)